Well, we took the two kids off to the Maleny Dairies (SE Qld) on Thursday for the Farm Tour, and I have to say it was brilliant. MD is a family owned business that decided not to be absorbed into the multi-nationals, but rather does its own process from the ground through to the (limited - unfortunately not our way in Ipswich, damnit!) shelves. They produce homegenised only, homogenised & pasteurised, skim, yoghurt and custard, as well as goats milk and goats milk products.
We went for a visit to the baby cow & goat area, got to drink some raw milk straight from an udder...yum!...for a trot through the actual diary itself and saw the guernseys and goats being milked, then on to the factory floor to see the process of storage, bottling, etc.
Bought two 3L bottles of their Farmers Gold (homogenised but not pasteurised) milk home with me for coffees and its beautiful to drink on its own or in cereals, etc but Ive found its a bit too cream-rich to use in my lattes because the delightful creaminess of it tends to flavour the coffee somewhat, so it looks as though Ill stick to Norco for my coffees.
On the whole, though, an udderly worthwhile visit to see what happens and I really recommend a visit to any diary, if its available in your neck of the woods, to give you an appreciation of good quality milk.
Oh well, better get moooving - dinners almost on the table!
Cheers
Di
We went for a visit to the baby cow & goat area, got to drink some raw milk straight from an udder...yum!...for a trot through the actual diary itself and saw the guernseys and goats being milked, then on to the factory floor to see the process of storage, bottling, etc.
Bought two 3L bottles of their Farmers Gold (homogenised but not pasteurised) milk home with me for coffees and its beautiful to drink on its own or in cereals, etc but Ive found its a bit too cream-rich to use in my lattes because the delightful creaminess of it tends to flavour the coffee somewhat, so it looks as though Ill stick to Norco for my coffees.
On the whole, though, an udderly worthwhile visit to see what happens and I really recommend a visit to any diary, if its available in your neck of the woods, to give you an appreciation of good quality milk.
Oh well, better get moooving - dinners almost on the table!

Cheers
Di

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